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Recent Examples of Renaissance man
Today, he might be called a polymath or a Renaissance man.
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Harriet Quick, theweek, 17 July 2024
After all, the 72-year-old Hoosier is quite the Renaissance man, dabbling in film, musical theater, painting and more between album releases.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
What began at Baltimore City College High School in Maryland in 2015 has grown into a project with international contributions – an effort worthy of Baldwin’s legacy as a Renaissance man.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2024
While Da Vinci’s visit predates the 1573 villa, the Renaissance man was one of several luminaries who inspected the natural phenomenon.
—Jaclyn Degiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2024
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Harriet Quick, theweek, 17 July 2024
After all, the 72-year-old Hoosier is quite the Renaissance man, dabbling in film, musical theater, painting and more between album releases.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
What began at Baltimore City College High School in Maryland in 2015 has grown into a project with international contributions – an effort worthy of Baldwin’s legacy as a Renaissance man.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2024
While Da Vinci’s visit predates the 1573 villa, the Renaissance man was one of several luminaries who inspected the natural phenomenon.
—Jaclyn Degiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Renaissance man
Noun
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The late polymath and famously eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes was a businessman, pilot, aerospace engineer, investor, and philanthropist turned recluse who was once the richest man in the world.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
7 Jan. 2025
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Over the centuries, polymaths — or people knowledgeable in many disciplines — have brought forth a wide range of inventions and discoveries.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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And certainly, in the playoffs in the end of the year, Jayden Daniels sitting in the pocket, beating pressure, so much of that again with his poise and intellect and accuracy with his arm, and again, just really, really rare to see that.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Feb. 2025
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While all of this is going on, Rowan, trapped in the Victrola (which Julien has staged like a Victorian pub, for some reason), is just blowing through lore exposition thanks to her suddenly unencumbered intellect.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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French magazine Gala — a wiz at celebrity videos on TikTok — emerged as the top media voice with $32.2 million in MIV, 92 percent of it stemming from the video-sharing platform.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
17 Oct. 2024
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When another young black musical wiz, Teddy Riley of the hip-hop group Guy and co-producer of Michael Jackson’s 1991 Dangerous album, comes to a recording studio in Virginia Beach, Williams gets his opportunity.—
Armond White,
National Review,
11 Oct. 2024
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Waters was a pioneer of urban blues music and a big name on the Chess label.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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In November, following Trump’s election, millions of users joined Bluesky, a nearly identical app to pre-Elon Musk X, right down to the shade of blue.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN,
16 Feb. 2025
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So the team examined what was going on in their brains during this process.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
14 Feb. 2025
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But the way in which the fungus affects the arachnid’s brain is still a mystery, and a multitude of questions remain about the fungus’ evolutionary pathway and ecological impacts.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The greedy wizard had an idea to build beautiful hotels and homes.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2025
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Looking quite a bit like a wizard casting a curse, Chappell Roan accepted her first ever Grammy by criticizing the music industry.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, global companies and technical experts and intellectuals have fled Russia in droves.—
Ronald H. Linden,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2025
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Among them were a bevy of noted artists, writers, intellectuals and revolutionaries.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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Billionaire media sage John Malone, who has built and presided over a number of influential companies in telecom, cable, sports and digital, will publish his memoir in September.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
12 Feb. 2025
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Usher has some sage advice for performing at the Super Bowl.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Renaissance man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Renaissance%20man. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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